1[transitive,intransitive]to act, tell a story, etc. by moving your body and face but without speakingmime (something)Each player has to mime the title of a movie, play or book.mime doing somethingHe mimed climbing a mountain.

2[intransitive,transitive]mime (to something)|mime (something)to pretend to sing a song that is actually being sung by somebody else on a tape, etc.The band was miming to a backing tape.

Word Originearly 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘mimic or jester’): from Latinmimus, from Greekmimos.